The difference between Canadian an US Drivers In The Snow
In honor of the two feet of that lousy white stuff London Ontario got;
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Z-Peller wrote:
Big sigh!!....we Vancouver Islanders just smile at the wonders of "Canada" in the winter....snow? arctic fronts? freezing temps?....now what the heck is that all about!....guess we aren't very Canadian, eh?
Haar! Back in the early sixties while stationed in Esquimalt, I had occasion to drive my 51 chevy into Victoria during what constituted a blizzard to Victorian residents and having to navigate around everything from buses to trucks all spinning their wheels was something I still remember to this very day.
Had a similar experience crossing Arizona on I-8 and later I-10 during a similar rare snowfall and got strange looks from folks as I passed them while they were gripping the wheel with clenched teeth.
One driver pulling into a fuel depot behind me actually made the comment "boy you folks from Florida sure know how to drive in snow" whereupon I looked at the plates on our rental car and noticed Florida tags. We both got a chuckle when I explained we were Snowbirds from Ontario Canada ~ "oh that explains why you're passing everything in sight"!.
